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News from the Episcopal
Diocese
of Western Massachusetts
CELEBRANDO LA ABUNDANCIA DE DIÓS
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Convention is a two-day event!
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Friday workshops, a glorious Eucharist at Christ Church Cathedral, and a banquet with keynote speaker, the Rt. Rev. Robert C. Wright, Bishop of the Diocese of Atlanta - don't miss what happens before the gavel calls the Church to order on Saturday morning.
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Attention: Youth Ministers
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Come to Fall Clergy Day!
October 4
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The Rev. Laura Everett, Executive Director
The Massachusetts Council of Churches
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The Rev. Laura E. Everett serves as the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, the state ecumenical network of 17 Orthodox and Protestant denominations, congregations and individual Christians working together for a vibrant, hopeful witness of our oneness in Christ in our local churches, on Beacon Hill and with our neighbors of other faiths. A graduate of Brown University, The Rev. Everett received her Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School. A pastor in the United Church of Christ, Laura blogs about denominational identity, Christian unity (and disunity), and social media at
www.RevEverett.com and on Twitter at
@RevEverett
. Connect to the ministry of the Massachusetts Council of Churches on
Facebook and on the web,
MA Council of Churches.
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Fall Clergy Day
: Tuesday, October 4, 2016,
9:00 am -3:00 pm
All Saints' Episcopal Church
7 Woodbridge Street, South Hadley
RSVP: The Bishop urges all clergy to make these events a priority. To register, contact Lainey Hurlbut (click
here) or phone 413-737-4786 X110
by Wednesday, September 28th.
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Bp Fisher’s Luncheon for Retired Clergy, their spouses, and surviving spouses
RSVP now!
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On Nov. 8, we have the opportunity to exercise our right to vote. We will make different choices for different reasons. While our nation turns its attention to the outcome, we turn to prayer for our country. Please join us. All are welcome!
The Deacon Community
Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts
Two Services --
Worcester & Springfield
November
6,
2016
Worcester
7:00pm
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in
front
of
Worcester
City
Hall
November
7,
2016
Springfield
7:00pm
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in
front
of
Christ
Church
Cathedral
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Cultivating Spiritual Companions
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Missioner for Servant leadership Offers Training
First Session -- October 1
We need people to show us “the way.” We need other disciples to walk with us as we learn how to stand up for ourselves and for our neighbor; to encourage us as we seek a deeper life of prayer; to guide us to see our daily interactions with the mind and heart of Christ. In many businesses, coaching or companioning is a basic leadership practice that helps to cultivate the leader from the inside out. This is the process we will begin this fall as we work to cultivate Spiritual Companions.
Read Jenny's e-mail to clergy
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Safe Church workshops Fall-Winter 2016
The Rev. Tanya Wallace, Diocesan Safe Church Officer, will be leading Safe Church workshops throughout the fall-winter. Please mark your calendars for the following dates:
September 24, 2016 – Volunteer (attend 9-12) and Basic (attend 9-3), @St. Francis’ Church, Holden
October 12, 2016 – Volunteer workshop, 6-9 pm, @ All Saints’, South Hadley
November 5, 2016 – Volunteer (attend 9-12) and Basic (attend 9-3), @All Saints’, South Hadley
December 8, 2016 – Volunteer workshop, 6-9pm, @ St. Michael’s, Worcester
Online registration for all workshops is open and available at the link below. If you prefer, a hard copy of the registration form is also posted on the webpage. In addition, our Safe Church webpage now displays links to the Safe Church webpages in Province One so you can see if there is a workshop that is closer or more convenient for you.
Check out our website for more Safe Church information, or email kwarren@diocesewma.org
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All Are Welcome: Reconciliation House, Inc.
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TENS Material Available NOW
Living Generously, the 2016 materials from TENS (The Episcopal Network for Stewardship) designed to support your annual stewardship response program, are now available. To access these materials, go to the TENS website at www.tens.org, and click on the Resources heading at the top. Once you have done that, click on Member Resources. You will then be asked to provide a user name and a password. Enter the following in all lower case letters:
user name: generous
password: journey
The Living Generously materials consist of bulletin inserts beginning with the first Sunday in October and with the Feast of St. Francis. Each bulletin insert contains a meditation tied to the readings for that Sunday and some questions for reflection. The Living Generously materials also include some sample letters, a special form of the Prayers of the People, and a pledge card. While the bulletin inserts and the pledge cards are PDF files, the sample letters and the Prayers of the People are Word files so that you can easily modify them to fit your purposes.
I hope your parish will join with the many other parishes in the diocese that have used these materials for the past four years and found them helpful in stimulating conversation about the financial response we are asking people to make express their thanksgiving and to support the mission of the Church.
If you have questions about ways in which to use these materials, please feel free to contact me either by email or phone. My contact information is as follows:
Email: brsteward@comcast.net
Phone Number: (413) 575-7342
I apologize to you for the fact that these materials were not available earlier in the summer. TENS has a new executive director who told me that he had underestimated the time it would take to get the materials together to be posted. Even with this late notice, I pray that you will find them to be useful.
One final comment, if I may. You will note that the Living Generously materials are available to TENS members. The Diocese is a TENS member. And through that membership, each congregation and each individual in the diocese has access to these materials as well as all the other TENS resources. I commend them to you.
Bruce
Bruce A. Rockwell
Bishop's Asistant for Stewardship / Interim Missioner for Legacy Stewardship
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Social Justice & Advocacy
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One workshop, three opportunities to join the conversation
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September 24
, April 1 & May 20
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Next Sunday in Springfield...
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Christ Church welcomes its new
Director of Music
T. Joseph O'Berry began as Director of Music Sunday, September 11, 2016.
Joseph has joined us as an interim with the option of the permanent position in the spring. Joseph will oversee the administration of the Music Department, training the Cathedral Choir, Choristers, and Bishops Choir School for the Diocese of Western Massachusetts. A native of Atlanta, Joseph has recently returned to the U.S. from England having served two years as Organ Scholar at Blackburn Cathedral and Truro Cathedral, respectively. Prior to his appointment in England, Joseph was Director of Music at Holy Trinity Parish in Decatur, GA and sang with the professional Schola at the Cathedral of St Philip, Atlanta.
Joseph studied organ performance, with secondary emphasis in early music and collaborative piano at The Townsend School of Music at Mercer University, and is a Colleague of the American Guild of Organists (CAGO). He has appeared as a solo and collaborative recitalist across the United States, Canada, England, and Australia. Joseph looks forward to nurturing the good work David Pulliam has established within the music department.
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Opportunities for Enrichment and Education
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Eric Law offer online webinars
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The dates are:
October 5 - Currency of Gracious Leadership
October 19 - Currency of Time and Place
October 26 - Currency of Relationship
November 2 - Currency of Truth
November 9 - Currency of Wellness
November 16 - Currency of Money
All webinars are 1.5 hour long and begin at 3 pm Pacific Time (6 pm eastern standard)
Since you already participated in the intensive course, we can coach you through an orientation for your congregation team before the first webinar.
Of course, we would love it if you can recruit 5 churches in your area to do this together. We can send Bill Cruse to come and do an orientation. You can go to the website: www.stewardship365.org to get more information on the course. You can also look at the course material and videos by clicking on the manual bar - the orientation session and other sessions of the course - and when prompted, use the password: 365course
Attached is the brochure you can copy (fold) to use as promotional material.
Also attached is the team covenant you should complete as you recruit your team members from a local church.
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The Diocese of Massachusetts invites us to...
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All Women Invited: Saturday, Oct. 15
All women are cordially invited to the Fall Assembly of the Order of the Daughters of the King of Western MA. on Saturday October 15, 2016 at Christ Church Cathedral. Our theme this year is Unity - Family, Church and Community
Registration, with coffee & refreshments begins at 9am and the Assembly will close with a Eucharist at 2pm. Cost is $15. Lunch will be provided. Deadline for Registration: October 8, 2016
*All attending are being asked to bring new socks (Male or Female) for the Springfield Rescue Mission.
For further information please call Mariana Bauman (413-) 627-1945 or Phyllis Larson, (413) 374-4453
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The Companions of the Holy Cross
The Berkshire Chapter of the Companions of the Holy Cross invites you to join us on Saturday September 24 at Grace Church, 14 Boltwood Avenue, Amherst.
PROGRAM: Sheila Mammen, Professor of Social Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will give a presentation titled “Poor and Invisible: Stories of Survival among Rural Families,” which involves her research into the ramifications of poverty, particularly in Massachusetts.
We gather for coffee at 9:30 in the Connector; the program will begin at 10:30 after a short business meeting. The morning will end with a service of Holy Communion followed by a brown bag lunch.
Any woman who might be interested in this program or learning more about the Society please contact Veronica Chapman ticachap@comcast.net
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Co-Sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese of WMA
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October 15
Grace Episcopal Church, Amherst
Co-Sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese of WMA,
Grace Episcopal Church, and The Empty Bell
More info soon...
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Original Music Available: Rite II service music for the Gloria and the Sanctus
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Position: Messy Church Coordinator (part-time)
Reporting to: The Rev. Laura Goodwin and the Rev. Lisa Green
Messy Church is a new way of being church that came out of the Fresh Expressions of Church Movement in England. Messy Church is a intergenerational gathering combining play, music, story, prayer and supper around a theme. Its core values are its appeal to all ages, hospitality, creativity, celebration, and Christ-centeredness.
Read more here.
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